- Date
- September 26, 1976
- Place
- Indiana, PA · INDIANA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43216Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760926031579A
- Case key
- 156075
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4093 76/9/26 INDIANA,PA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 541 TIME - 1800 N43216 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 452 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDIANA CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILKES BARRE,PA INDIANA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- LOCALIZER ONLY APPROACH,LANDED LONG,HYDROPLANED OFF END OF RUNWAY,LANDING GEAR TORN OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43216
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Indiana Co
N43216Registration cancelled Sep 11, 2012 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N43216 · 1
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